Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
STATE BOARD OF TRADE.
Inc New Organization Beginning TO Max G
Its IsefulnesS Ealt

Its Usefulness Felt
The rooms of theState Board of Trade
are becoming crowded with exhibits. and
every day they are visited by numbers of
people, mostly from the East, who take
great interest in the county displays. To-
day Placer. Sacramento and San JOAQUIN
counties sent contributions, which VIII
occupy the entire northern side of the
rooms. On Wednesday the exposition
rom Santa Cruz county arrived and has
since then been unpacked and placed on
exhibition. On the same day delegation
from st. Helena, Napa county, visited the
rooms Tor the purpose of ascertaining how
TO establish local Board of Trade, so that
they may enjoy the benefits of the central
organization, which they will Join as soon
as they can make the necessary arrange
ments.
The committee appointed pursuant to
recent resolution of the Board, to inyesti
gate the Alhgretti process of preserving
irmt, has visited the works at Oakland,
and will report AT the meeting of the Exec
utive Committee on Monday next. The
committee is composed of Messrs Alsip of
Sacramento, Robinson of Solano, Cam
ron of Alameda, and Manager Brown.
The excursion to Martinez is pronounced
to have been great success, as was also
that to Santa Cruz on Wednesday last. On
Monday an excursion to San Jose will take
place.
The resolution passed by the Executive
Committee of the Board. inviting all
Boards of Trade and kindred organizations
throughout the State to send representa-
tives to the Executive Committee, is meet
ing with cordial response General
Manager Brown has extended an invitation
to the Board OF Supervisors of this city
and county as well as to those in the in
terror. On Wednesday evening last COM
mlttees from the San Francisco Board of
Trade met in executive session at the
rooms of the city organization. The ses-
sion lasted about two hours, the subject of
discussion being the relationship existing
between the two Boards. 1t was finally
determined that they were in happy ac-
cord, and that the San Francisco Board
would, at its next election, select q repre-
sentative to serve on the Executive Com
mittee of the State Board
The upper floor of the store occupied BY
the State Board, has been fitted up as an
office and also as a reading-room and stor-
age place for pamphlets and similar li1era-
| ture, about twenty-five counties being repre-
sented by either circulars or newspapers.
The request Tor county msps is meeting
| with general response, and already thew
have been furnished by the counties of
Butte, San joaquin, Siskiyou, Tehama,
| Amador, Colusa and San Luis Obispo. In
addition map OF San Jose and of the lands
OF the Southern Pacific Railroad in the
State OF Nevada face the walls Yesterday
| a register was started, and hereafter all Wis
itors will be expected to atlix their names
| and places of residence in it.
Tasteful displays are made in the win
dows, that in the north window being OF
minerals, while the other is flied with a
display of fruit, grain and vegetables On
| the sidewalk are specimens of tobacco and
| other plants in pots, but owing to some
cause they do not appear to thrive and the
majority of them will soon be things of the
| past.-lS. Z. Bulletin.